Colorado State University, a history of buildings exhibit: Moby arena
Date
2019-12
Authors
McClelland, Deborah Ann, artist
Colorado State University. Archives and Special Collections, author
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Photograph and text from an exhibit installed in 2019 at Colorado State University Libraries depicting buildings on the university's campus in Fort Collins. Moby arena was proposed in 1962 and marked the start of a campaign to gain entrance to the Western Athletic Conference. In 1966, a Rocky Mountain Collegian sports editor called it the Moby gym, referring to its whale-like shape, and the nickname stuck.
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Colorado State University -- History
Exhibitions
Buildings
Arenas